A decoupling method for analysis of coupled RLC interconnects

  • Authors:
  • Jun Chen;Lei He

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI;University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 12th ACM Great Lakes symposium on VLSI
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

In this paper we present an efficient decoupling model for on-chip interconnect analysis. This model decouples multiple RLC transmission lines into independent lines with separate drivers and receivers. Based on this model we propose an efficient algorithm to solve the far end responses of multiple RLC lines. Experiments show good matching between our decoupling model and SPICE simulation. Based on the model, we further develop an Nmax algorithm to quickly determine the noise amplitudes of far end responses. Experiments show that Nmax algorithm gives conservative but reasonably accurate results compared to SPICE simulation.